#A59636#A59636

#A59636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59636
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -5.96, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 51.05, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0209 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0904, 30.0796, 7.8683)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59636 #3645A5

analogous

#A55E36 #A59636 #7CA536

triadic

#A59636 #36A596 #9636A5

tetradic

#A59636 #36A55E #3645A5 #A5367C

square

#A59636 #36A55E #3645A5 #A5367C

split-complementary

#A59636 #367CA5 #5E36A5

monochromatic

#494218 #776C27 #A59636 #C6B752 #D5CA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A59636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A59636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59636

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59636	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b472',
    500: '#a59636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59636;
$custom-light: #c3b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.668,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59636

secondary

#7882BF

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59636

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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